Menu, please! blog 
Since day 1 of Menu, please!, the #1 request from users has been:
“Can I download the application?”
“I can’t find it on the App Store!”
This week we’ve taken huge steps toward making Menu, please! available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
It’s been a steep learning curve — I’ve never released an iOS or Android app before! Even though I used PWABuilder and Bubblewrap to wrap the web app in a native application, there were a lot of tricky details keeping me busy. I’m looking at you, deep links & universal links 👀
But yesterday… we finally submitted both apps for review!
Fingers crossed that the App Store teams won’t request too many changes so we can release the apps very, very soon. This is especially big news for the 75% of Menu, please! users on iOS, since PWA support there is still way behind Android.
New Features / Fixes
📱 Native Apple and Android apps
Yes, it’s happening! Native availability will finally deliver what so many users have been asking for. Even more exciting, this opens the door for features that weren’t possible before — like push notifications, better camera integration, and more.
Next Week’s Plans
🚀 Official release & Product Hunt launch
I’ve been asked multiple times whether Menu, please! is on Product Hunt. Until now, the answer was “Not yet.”
But with full server-side processing and native apps on the way, I finally feel confident that we can launch Menu, please! the way it was meant to be — stable, responsive, and ready to shine.
Weekly Thank You
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Big thank you to the r/LearnJapanese subreddit, which let me share a demo video with their community. While learners aren’t the primary audience, I received so much useful feedback specific to Japanese, sparking many new feature ideas!
👉 Watch the demo video -
A special thank you to Reddit user u/greentea-in-chief for generously sharing their time for user research and live testing. As a native Japanese speaker, they helped improve the tone, structure, and cultural fit of the translations — especially things like politeness level and food category labeling.
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And a heartfelt shout-out to Mengyun Liu, who has become my go-to Japanese expert. After living over 4 years in Tokyo, her quick WhatsApp replies have helped me fine-tune translation quality and understand important nuances. Thank you so much!
Thank you, and don’t forget to do some culinary exploration this weekend!
— Krists & Chris